A panel discussion to explore the forces shaping the future of STEM Careers With the world rapidly adapting in response to the public health pandemic, the effects of globalisation are…
Engineering alumni win Pandemic Service Award
Raymond Siems and Callum MacBeth, both Griffith Engineering alumni and their team have created a new UK charity called HEROES to support the NHS during the COVID pandemic winning them…
After the lockdown: new opportunities and challenges for cities
The COVID-19 health and economic crises affect us not only as individuals but also in terms of the places where we live and work and for most of us, those…
There’s a looming waste crisis from Australia’s solar energy boom
As Australians seek to control rising energy costs and tackle the damaging impacts of climate change, rooftop solar has boomed. To manage the variability of rooftop solar – broadly, the “no power…
Major breakthrough in system fault detector
New research has discovered a way to detect failures in critical networked systems before they risk public safety and huge financial loss. Griffith School of Engineering Associate Professor Fuwen Yang…
Plastic waste reverse engineered into clean fuel
Engineering PhD candidate Songpol Boonsawat is hoping to revolutionise the way plastic is recycled by converting it into fuel that is cleaner and more energy efficient than petrol or diesel….
EVENT: Making the most of the innovation agenda: Science, technology & innovation policy for economic growth
From the sheep’s back to the resources boom Australia’s economic drivers are constantly changing. We are now in the information age where data has moved from a backroom process of…
We want driverless cars with morals – we just won’t buy them
New research has found most people think driverless cars programmed to sacrifice their passengers for the greater good are a good idea – but that not many would drive their…
Griffith and Grocon, helping build careers
9 tower cranes. 17 man hoists. 5000 tonnes of scaffolding surrounding 18 residential towers. Add in more than half a million hours of labour and one can begin to imagine…
High Performance Renewable Batteries from 16th Century Chinese medicine
Inspired by 16th century Chinese medicine, Professor Eddie Zhang and his team from the Centre for Clean Environment and Energy have turned to nature for solutions to improve the performance of…